Garment hanger



A. DAMBROSIO GARMENT HANGER Feb. 12, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed May 10, 1949 Jnventor: Angelo D Ambrosio m i'zffi Patented Feb. 12, 1 952 UNITED $111 51Esv PATENT Y 2,585,094

MQN ittw Angelo DAinbro sio, Hetkimer, N. Y. Application iyr 1949, Serial No. 92.417

This invention relates to garment hangers, and

more'particularly to 'a device. of that character.

by means of which clothing such as'trousers'and skirts may be suspended from one end, as from the waistband so as to hang freely.

one feature of this invention is a garment hanger of generally triangular shape Whichwill support the coat on' the sloping arms in the usual manner and which is also provided with horizontally slidable yieldable members which may be placed within the waistband of a pair of trousers. or a skirt to hold the garment by frictional pressure, allowing the rest of the garment to hang freely so' that wrinkles or creases be removed.

Another feature of, this invention is a hanger device provided with adjustable members for frictional engagement with the: inner surface of a garment which is to be suspended which may,

the invention;

"Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is across-section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Figi 5. is an end view of a preferred iormof spring means used. inthe'devic'e'; g

Fig. 61 is an elevationalview'ofa modified form of garment hanger} Fig. 7 is a cross-section taken on the line1-l' of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a cross-section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 9 is an enlarged cross-section of a portion of the housing interior taken on the line 99 of Fi 6.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, a bow member is indicated at In, having a conventional swiveled suspension hook H at its vertex. Attached between the lower ends Ilia and lab of the bow member is a horizontal supporting member l2. Running along the lower side of the member I2 is a longitudinal recess I3, and slidably received in this recess are the enlarged upper margins M of a pair of downwardly extending flat garment engaging members I5. The lower margins I2a and l2b of the recess 12 are 7 Claims. (01. 223-88) turned inwardly so as to engage with the enlarged marginal portions" M and thus provide a trackway for slidably supporting the members l5. Depending centrally-of the horizontal support member I2 there is provided an elongated housing It into which the members l5 may be telescoped, and within the housing there'iscar-i ried a yieldable means such as the coil spring 11. Preferably this spring'will be formed with a substantially rectangular outline as" shown'in Fig. 5, and theend turns Ha. and Mb are preferably formed so as to lie flat against the 'inner face "of the members H5 in order to exert an outward pressure against the member'swhich'is substan-'- tially equalized over the area. 'The membersfi may be provided at their outer edges with finger elements lea to afio'rd a more po'sitive'e'ngagement with the inner surface of a garment which is to be supported.

In using this garment hanger it is only neces-- sary to grasp the'two garment-engaging members l5 and pressthe'rn inwardlyinto the housingis against the pressure of the spring I! after which they may be inserted into th'e'"waistband of a garment to be supported. 'When'th' 'merii-' bers I5 are released the spring will force them outwardly until the'eleinen'ts 15a will frictionally engage the" inner surface of the waistband' A garmenthung in this manner will "not 'become' wrinkled or creased; in fact,'ii there are wrinkles in a garment there will be a tendency-"for them to disappear when thegarment is hung 'in'thi's' manual H g Iii-Figs. 6-9 there is shown a modified form of my invention which utilizes'a somewhat diiierent expansion means for urging outwardly a'pairbf' the rod l9 so that one may be telescoped within the other. The length of the rod is such that when the members 24 are at their outward limits it will project a slight amount into the bores 20. The yieldable means in this modification is a coil spring 2| which encircles the rod (9, and at one end abuts against the block l8, while at the other end is seated on a shoulder 22 formed by a counterbore 23 in the members 24.

In making this device many suitable materials may be employed such as metal or wood, but preferably plastic materials may be used. The separate elements can be cast, or extruded, and joined together by suitable cement. It should be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts may be made.

I claim: 1. In a garment hanger of the class described,

a horizontal trackway, a pair of garment-engaging members provided with means at their upper portions for slidable suspension in said trackway and having garment engaging portions located on a level below said trackway, an open ended housing depending from a central portion of said trackway in alignment with the garment-engaging members and into which said members may be telescoped, and means in the housing and at a level below said trackway yieldably urging said members outwardly. Q;

2. In a garment hanger of the class described, a pair of elongated flat garment-engaging members having an enlarged portion at the upper margin, 2. horizontal support member provided with a longitudinally extending recess along its under side, an open ended housing into which said garment-engaging members may be telescoped depending from a central portion of the horizontal support member, yieldable means carried within the housing for urging the garment-engaging members outwardly, said recess in the horizontal support member having inwardly turned marginal portions outwardly of the housing for slidable supporting engagement with the enlarged portion of the garment-engaging members.

3. A device as claimed in claim 2 in which said yieldable means includes a coil spring formed substantially rectangularly in outline as viewed along its axis having end elements in engagement with the inner face of the garment-engaging members over substantially an entire turn of the coil.

4. In a garment hanger of the class described, a pair of elongated flat garment-engaging members having an enlarged portion at the upper margin, a horizontal support member provided with a longitudinally extending recess along its under side, an open ended housing into which said garment-engaging members may be telescoped depending from a central portion of the horizontal support member, means to support a rod in said housing in spaced parallel relationship to the horizontal support member, means enabling the rod and garment-engaging members to be telescoped one within another, yieldable means in the housingfor urging the g arment-engaging members outwardly, said recess in the horizontal support member having inwardly turned marginal portions outwardly of the housing for slidable supporting engagement with the enlarged portion of the garment-engaging members.

5. A device as claimed in claim 4 in which said yieldable means includes a coil spring encircling said rod.

6. In a garment hanger of the class described the combination of a horizontal support having a longitudinally extending. trackway along its under side; a pair of elongated flat garment engaging members depending from said support, each of said members being provided at its upper edge with traokway engaging means slidably engaged with said trackway; a housing joined to said support at the center thereof between said garment engaging members and depending from said support, said housing opening toward the ends of said support to provide longitudinal channels aligned with said garment engaging members and into which said garment engaging members may telescope, and compression spring means positioned within said housing and engaging said garment engaging members to urge the same outwardly relative to said housing.

'7. In a garment hanger of the class described, the combination of a horizontal support having a longitudinally extending trackway; a pair of elongated flat garment engaging members each having trackway engaging means at its upper edge, said trackway engaging means being slidably engaged with said trackway; a housing joined to and depending from said support at the center thereof between said garment engaging members, said housing opening toward the ends of said support to provide longitudinal channels aligned with said garment supporting members and into which said members may telescope; a horizontal rod; means mounting said rod within said housing parallel to said support and aligned with said garment engaging members, each of said members being provided with a longitudinal bore to accommodate an end of said rod as said members are telescoped into said housing, and coil spring means carried by said rod and engaging said garment engaging members to urge the same outwardly relative to said housing.

ANGELO DAMBROSIO.

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